Kayamuhakaia aberdarensis Lehmann, 2025

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Permalink:	KAYAABER
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia aberdarensis sp. nov.
Original genus:	Kayamuhakaia
Publication:	Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region).
Journal:	None
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Pagination:	100–104, figs 5b, 17c
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia aberdarensis Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♀	RMCA	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 03/042020♀, RMCA.	Kenya	Kenya, Nyeri County, Aberdare National Park, 0°23’S 36°52’E, 2100 m, 2000-04-04, leg. U. Dall'Asta.
Kayamuhakaia aberdarensis Lehmann, 2025	Paratype	♀	RMCA	Paratype 2♀, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 10/112014♀, other specimen abdomen missing, RMCA.	Kenya	Kenya, Nyeri County, Aberdare National Park, Salient Camping Site, 0°22’S 36°54’E, 1967 m, 2000-04-06, leg. U. Dall'Asta.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia aberdarensis Lehmann, 2025	Kenya		Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region). page 100

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